P08 gauges: true or not ?

fausto · 11-17-2009, 04:22 AM

Vlim, I will not ignore you. I dont want to fight with anybody. I figure that here we should be all friends. Sorry for the misunderstanding. And sorry if I seemed aggressive...
In the very first line of the topic I specified "headspace and bore wear gauges". As for the "gmm" this is correct: it is the code assigned to Eckhardt & Lohkamp, Berlin. It is not an uncorrect stamp for 9mm. And, no, Vlim, I do not ask what I already know: I'm just asking your opinion about these gauges which are around since some years. And I will be very grateful to you all for your help.
Rolandtg: thanks. Yes, the fonts are a great clue. And these are identical to the original ones. What I fear is that some skilled guy used a professional pantograph and good steel bars to reproduce exactly these gauges. The story he told at the time of these eBay auctions was that I had met a man who had dismantled - in the 80s - the Eckhardt & Lohkamp building finding in the basement a couple of crates full of mint gauges of any kind, still dipped in grease. If this story is true, we are lucky guys. If not, we are fighting again with a case of finely done fakery...
Thanks to you all.
Fausto

11-17-2009, 04:22 AM	#12
fausto User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Vlim, I will not ignore you. I dont want to fight with anybody. I figure that here we should be all friends. Sorry for the misunderstanding. And sorry if I seemed aggressive... In the very first line of the topic I specified "headspace and bore wear gauges". As for the "gmm" this is correct: it is the code assigned to Eckhardt & Lohkamp, Berlin. It is not an uncorrect stamp for 9mm. And, no, Vlim, I do not ask what I already know: I'm just asking your opinion about these gauges which are around since some years. And I will be very grateful to you all for your help. Rolandtg: thanks. Yes, the fonts are a great clue. And these are identical to the original ones. What I fear is that some skilled guy used a professional pantograph and good steel bars to reproduce exactly these gauges. The story he told at the time of these eBay auctions was that I had met a man who had dismantled - in the 80s - the Eckhardt & Lohkamp building finding in the basement a couple of crates full of mint gauges of any kind, still dipped in grease. If this story is true, we are lucky guys. If not, we are fighting again with a case of finely done fakery... Thanks to you all. Fausto